NAC361.565. Continuing education: Review and approval of courses; list of approved courses.

     1. The Board will review courses of continuing education and may recommend the approval of such a course by the Department if the Board determines that:

     (a) After evaluating the contents of the course for correctness, applicability to appraisal for property tax purposes and relevance to current issues and trends concerning appraisal, the subject matter of the course is relevant to understanding and applying the standards established by the International Association of Assessing Officers or any other member organization of the Appraisal Foundation;

     (b) The subject matter of the course is relevant to understanding:

          (1) The application of the statutes and regulations of this State;

          (2) The published appraisal and assessment standards of the Department;

          (3) Laws relating to real estate, water and mining; or

          (4) Administrative procedures;

     (c) The subject matter of the course is relevant to understanding the concepts and applications of mass appraisal, including, without limitation, the application of technology such as geographic information systems (GIS) mapping and computer automated mass appraisal systems; or

     (d) The subject matter of the course is relevant to understanding the concepts and applications of the appraisal of centrally assessed properties, including, without limitation, principles of accounting and finance.

     2. A person who wishes to receive contact hours for a course of continuing education that has not been approved by the Department must apply to the Department for such approval before taking the course. The application must be in writing and include, without limitation, the name and address of the organization that is sponsoring the course, a list of the instructors of the course and their qualifications, and a syllabus of the course that indicates the coursework and the books to be used in the course.

     3. The Department will provide a list of all approved educational courses to the assessor of each county, and may provide the list to any other person who requests it in writing. The Department will update the list at least every 3 years.

     (Added to NAC by Tax Comm’n by R028-03, eff. 12-4-2003)